I would love to live in a house like this but the local zoning boards don’t want this kind of housing so they have made it cost prohibitive. They want big houses for their construction industry and so they can charge big property taxes in support of their big public salaries. It’s a terribly rigged game and, once again, only the rich get to participate.

That shower, the ladder even, so many little things about this space show a loving attention to detail, material and spatial harmony. Orderly and unassuming its efficient open plan is cheerful and inviting to participation. Personally, I’d make the desk area reflect the kitchen counter/top area and the eating nook would be more of an architectural built-in type banquette maybe with an interesting table. Easy, breezy, I never really saw myself in a houseboat… UNTIL NOW!